Your Vendor Administrator is a Liability
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the vendor administrator was tucked away behind mountains of paperwork, deep within the labyrinth of administrative duties. I know you can picture…
Vendor Onboarding
First Contact Matters
How you bring vendors in sets the tone for everything that follows.
A Deep Dive Into Vendor Management Job Responsibilities in 2024
Vendor management job responsibilities are changing in a big way. Then again, so is the world of vendor management.
Modern Supply Chain Takeaways from the Gartner NA Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo
This year, the PaymentWorks team had the privilege of attending the Gartner NA Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo. This cornerstone event brings together the sharpest minds in procurement supply chain management. The…
Automating Vendor Onboarding in Higher Education: Ivy Tech Community College Fireside Chat
Higher education procurement and AP teams are under more pressure than ever: increasing fraud attempts, manual vendor onboarding bottlenecks, and limited staff resources are making day-to-day operations harder to scale.…
The 4 Secrets of Strategic Vendor Management
Leaders often recognize the negative impacts of bad vendor management (higher costs, increased compliance and fraud risks, data security issues, and legal woes), but what about the benefits of good…
Why Vendor Sanction Screening is a Critical Part of Vendor Onboarding
Trustworthy, reliable vendors are the lifeblood of any business. Unfortunately, making sure those vendors are compliant and not on any sanctions lists is often the bane of the vendor desk’s…
What Your Vendor Manager Salary Says About Your Organization
What vendor manager salary are you paying the folks who handle all things vendor onboarding and change management? More importantly, is it reflective of their full scope of responsibilities?
Growing Your Virtual Card Payment Program
(This article was originally published in March 2024 but has been updated in May 2026 to reflect current data and virtual card payment program trends.)
Meet Our Hall of Fame: Ryan Scelza of Dartmouth College
In December 2023, we celebrated the inaugural Vendor Management Appreciation Day to honor the unsung heroes of vendor management. We also recognized some of our standout customers as part of…
5 Things to Know About a Vendor Onboarding Solution
A vendor onboarding solution can bring efficiency and security to the chaos of highly manual vendor management. But this only works if you choose the right vendor onboarding software. There…